Stephen Addiss

Give me back my dream!

a crow has wakened me

to misty moonlight

—ONITSURA

In the harvest moonlight

standing nonchalantly—

the scarecrow

—ISSA

Without a companion,

abandoned in the fields

winter moon

—ROSEKI

Today is also ending—

at the bottom of the snowstorm

a gigantic sun

—ARŌ

Dearly, dearly

embracing the sun—

the fallen garden leaves

—RITŌ

Each plum blossom

brings a single blossom’s

warmth

—BASHŌ

Worse than tears—

the smile of the

abandoned child

—ANONYMOUS

First love—

coming close to a lantern

face-to-face

—TAIGI

Sharing one umbrella—

the person more in love

gets wet

—KEISANJIN

Winter seclusion—

from my wife and children

I too play hide-and-seek

—BUSON